While you won’t be doing any heavy offroading in your Land Rover Discovery Sport, know that this SUV can potentially handle just about anything you throw at it, while still ticking all the boxes for everyday use.Or so says Carbuyer’s Ginny Buckley, who can’t seem to find a fault with the Discovery Sport, calling it a “great all-rounder” and a “fantastic motorway cruiser.”

In fact, this might be the most positive review we’ve ever seen on Land Rover’s newest best-selling model. However, there have been plenty of other voices stating that it doesn’t quite match its rivals in terms of quality.

Otherwise, the Discovery Sport is extremely capable, comfortable and practical too, despite only being about as long as a VW Golf Variant, as Buckley points out while discussing the SUV’s cabin space.

In the end, we’re dealing with an extremely competitive segment here, where buyers often choose cars based on personal preferences, not maximum luggage capacity or offroad prowess. In other words, the likes of the Mercedes-Benz GLC, BMW X3, Audi Q5, Volvo XC60 and all the others, are truly formidable foes.

While you won’t be doing any heavy offroading in your Land Rover Discovery Sport, know that this SUV can potentially handle just about anything you throw at it, while still ticking all the boxes for everyday use.Or so says Carbuyer’s Ginny Buckley, who can’t seem to find a fault with the Discovery Sport, calling it a “great all-rounder” and a “fantastic motorway cruiser.”

In fact, this might be the most positive review we’ve ever seen on Land Rover’s newest best-selling model. However, there have been plenty of other voices stating that it doesn’t quite match its rivals in terms of quality.

Otherwise, the Discovery Sport is extremely capable, comfortable and practical too, despite only being about as long as a VW Golf Variant, as Buckley points out while discussing the SUV’s cabin space.

In the end, we’re dealing with an extremely competitive segment here, where buyers often choose cars based on personal preferences, not maximum luggage capacity or offroad prowess. In other words, the likes of the Mercedes-Benz GLC, BMW X3, Audi Q5, Volvo XC60 and all the others, are truly formidable foes.

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Land Rover kicked off a slew of new models with the introduction of the Discovery Sport – but that was just a couple of years ago. So what’s going on with this test mule?Spotted by the intrepid paparazzi at CarPix undergoing testing, this partially camouflaged Disco Sport sports a few telltale signs that JLR has some revisions in the works.

For one, the fuel cap has moved. For another, the single exhausts on each side of the current model have been replaced by twin tips on the left side. And the very fact that it’s out testing tells us there has to be something going on.

Just what that is, we don’t know. It could be a new version of the existing model. (That new cap could well be a charging port.) It could be an early prototype for its replacement. It could be preparing for a new Evoque, the current model (sized similar to the Discovery Sport) having been on the market for over six and a half years already. Or it could be something else entirely that’s simply wearing the current model’s bodywork.

Whatever it is, Land Rover is clearly not asleep at the wheel – especially as the market for SUVs continues to grow at a faster pace than just about any other segment in the industry.

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